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Beekeeping Photo Thread

Kovu · 2014-06-20 10:43:20

Please post any photos of your hives etc here. Try to keep chat to a minimum but do share lots of photos and information along with them as you can:)

20-06-2014 11:43AM

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Please post any photos of your hives etc here.
Try to keep chat to a minimum but do share lots of photos and information along with them as you can:)

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#2 20-06-2014 11:47AM

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To start off with- An example of 'urban beekeeping'

https://www.flickr.com/photos/27729039@N06/13747445504/in/photostream/

and the famous bees of Notre-Dame in Paris

http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/spip.php?article1646

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#3 20-06-2014 11:54AM

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Photos taken from the forum request thread

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#4 20-06-2014 01:10PM

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Posted by SC Kevin here- http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=90631990&postcount=184

One of my Queens with the red dot on her thorax.

and her brood pattern, as you can see, there are very little empty cells

another Queen from last year, also with a red dot (red for 2013)

and her brood pattern

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#5 20-06-2014 01:54PM

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I visited an apairy in Wimbledon, London a few years back. Some lovely photos here on their website

http://www.wimbledonbeekeepers.co.uk/apps/photos/

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#6 20-06-2014 02:50PM

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This is a photo of one of three swarms we found last night. We successfully got them into new homes.

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embedding further images from forum request thread

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#8 07-08-2014 05:47PM

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Anybody know what this shrub is?
Bumblers go mad for it - find the odd honey bee on it but have seen a variety of bumble bees on it.

-Coley.

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#9 07-08-2014 09:16PM

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looks like green privet to me. I let mine flower before its annual prune as the bees love it.

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#10 08-08-2014 09:00PM

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Yep, its been on the "prune" list for a while but I'm leaving it for the bees

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